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are we expecting an M1 chip to go into the ipads or do we expect them to stay with the Ax chips?

M1 is basically what would have been called A14X if it was on an iPad. The name difference was purely for marketing reason.

It is like the T2 on Mac, which is the same as A10.

The T2 chip is based on the A10 design but it's not the same thing. The M1 and A14X may also end up being based on similar core designs as well, but the rest of the SoC will have many differences.

T2 and A10 have the exact same die size. They might be binned differently but they are the same chip as far as we know. The same ( should ) goes to M1 and A14X, binning is much cheaper than a different Die variant.

> The name difference was purely for marketing reason.

Not at all. They share an architecture, but are designed and optimized for different constraints and goals. It's likely the two lines will diverge further as the M series scales upward.

Yeah in a sense. It’s got some significant differences, it’s substantially faster on the CPU and GPU, by like 50%, almost twice in some respects than A14 and has some more features.

I hope it gets the M1 and Apple includes a desktop-like mode. I have a Samsung tablet and Dex mode is extremely compelling.

The A and M series are marketing names. If Apple put a chip with the same capabilities as the M1 into an iPad, they would still call it an A chip.

the M1 is basically a a14x core with things like thunderbolt controllers bolted in.

M is for Mac/Macintosh. So it is only used in their laptops and desktops.

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